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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Whalley K. Fong, Coquitlam, CA;
Paul C. Harris, Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Whalley K. Fong, Coquitlam, CA;
Paul C. Harris, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
Response Biomedical Corporation, Vancouver, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of increasing specific binding, decreasing non-specific binding, and reducing false-positive interaction in solid phase assays for influenza are disclosed. In the methods, the solid phase apparatus (lateral flow solid phase apparatus or capillary flow solid phase apparatus) is subjected to elevated heat subsequent to application of a test sample to the solid phase apparatus.